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gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that OMB will be able
to do so.
Dated: February 18, 2010.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N033] [96300-1671-0000P5]

Proposed Information Collection; OMB
Control Number 1018-0137;
Applications for Single Use Permits
and Registration of Production
Facilities (CITES)

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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service, Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
IC is scheduled to expire on July 31,
2010. We may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by April 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection

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Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); or [email protected] (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone
at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES) uses a system
of permits and certificates to help
ensure that international trade is legal
and does not threaten the survival of
wildlife or plant species in the wild.
Prior to the import or export of CITESlisted species, the Management
Authority and Scientific Authority must
make appropriate determinations and
issue CITES documents. Section 8A of
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) designates the Secretary of
the Interior as the U.S. Management
Authority and U.S. Scientific Authority
for CITES. The Secretary delegated these
authorities to the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Before a country can issue an export
permit for CITES Appendix I or II
specimens, the CITES Scientific
Authority of the exporting country must
determine that the export will not be
detrimental to the species, and the
Management Authority must be satisfied
that the specimens were acquired
legally. For the export of Appendix III
specimens, the Management Authority
must be satisfied that the specimens
were acquired legally (CITES does not
require findings from the Scientific
Authority). Prior to the importation of
Appendix I specimens, both the
Scientific Authority and the
Management Authority of the importing
country must make required findings.
The Scientific Authority must also
monitor trade of all species to ensure
that the level of trade is sustainable.
Article VIII(3) of the treaty states that
participating parties should make efforts
to ensure that CITES specimens are
traded with a minimum of delay.
Section XII of Resolution Conf. 12.3
(Rev. CoP13) recommends use of
simplified procedures for issuing CITES
documents to expedite trade that will
have no impact, or a negligible impact,
on conservation of the species involved.
We use FWS Form 3-200-74 (SingleUse Export Permits Under a Master File
or Annual Program File (CITES)) to
streamline the application process for
CITES documents that involve multiple,

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similar actions over a given amount of
time. For the initial application,
respondents use forms designed
specifically to address their particular
activity (approved under OMB Control
No. 1018-0093). From information in the
application, we create a master file or
annual program file that contains all the
information necessary for us to make the
required legal acquisition and
nondetriment findings. The applicant
can then submit FWS Form 3-200-74 to
request authorization to carry out
multiple, identical activities over the
next 6 months. On FWS Form 3-200-74,
we request information only about the
number of additional documents the
applicant requires to carry out activities
approved under the previous
application process. By referencing
information in the master file or annual
program file, we can quickly issue
partially completed CITES documents
(with certain specific areas left blank for
completion by the applicant).
United States facilities, such as farms
and aquaculture operations, produce
several native U.S. taxa listed in CITES
Appendices II and III in closed and
semi-closed production systems. By
registering a production facility and
setting up a master file, we can expedite
issuance of export permits for that
facility. The registration is valid for 1
year. We use FWS Form 3-200-75
(Registration of a Production Facility for
Export of Certain Native Species
(CITES)) to collect information on
annual production levels, method of
producing specimens, source of the
parental and founder stock, and method
of transport for international trade. This
information allows us to issue
documents on a very short turnaround
time, and we do not need to collect
additional information prior to the
issuance of export documents.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1018-0137.
Title: Applications for Single Use
Permits and Registration of Production
Facilities (CITES), 50 CFR 13.11, 23.20,
23.36, and 23.51.
Service Form Number(s): 3-200-74
and 3-200-75.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals,
businesses, nonprofit organizations, and
State, tribal, and local governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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Number of annual
respondents

Activity
FWS Form 3-200-74 ................................................................
FWS Form 3-200-75 ................................................................
Totals ................................................................................

III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: February 17, 2010
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

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Indian Health Service
Proposed Renewal of Agency
Information Collection for Indian SelfDetermination and Education
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) and Indian Health Service (IHS)
are submitting the information
collection, titled ‘‘Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Act Programs, 25 CFR 900’’
to the Office of Management and Budget
for renewal. The current approval,
designated by OMB Control Number
1076–0136, expires on February 28,
2010. The information is collected to
process contracts, grants, or cooperative
agreements for award by the BIA and
the IHS, as authorized by the Indian
Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for Department of the
Interior at the Office of Management and
Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806
or you may send an e-mail to:
[email protected]. Please
send a copy of your comments to Terry
Parks, Office of Indian Services, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop
4520, Washington, DC 20240, Facsimile:
(202) 208–5113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may request further information or
obtain copies of the information
collection request submission from
Terry Parks, telephone: (202) 513–7625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

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AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget.

Number of annual
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Representatives of the BIA and IHS
seek renewal of the approvals for
information collections conducted
under their joint rule, 25 CFR part 900,
implementing the Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Act, as amended (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.). The Act required the joint
rule to govern how contracts and grants
are awarded to Indian tribes, thereby
avoiding the unnecessary burden or
confusion associated with two sets of
rules and information collection
requirements. See 25 U.S.C.
450k(a)(2)(A)(ii). There is no change to
the approved burden hours for this
information collection.
The information requirements for this
joint rule represent significant
differences from other agencies in
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let contracts for multiple programs
whereas other agencies usually award
single grants to tribes. Under the Act,
tribes are entitled to contract and may
renew contracts annually, whereas other
agencies provide grants on a
discretionary or competitive basis.
The BIA and IHS use the information
collected to determine applicant
eligibility, evaluate applicant
capabilities, protect the service
population, safeguard Federal funds and
other resources, and permit the Federal
agencies to administer and evaluate
contract programs. Tribal governments
or tribal organizations provide the
information by submitting Public Law
93–638 contract or grant proposals to
the appropriate Federal agency. No third
party notification or public disclosure
burden is associated with this
collection. Approval for the collection
expires on February 28, 2010.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA and IHS request that you
send your comments on this collection
to the locations listed in the ADDRESSES
section. Your comments should address:
(a) The necessity of the information
collection for the proper performance of
the agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agencies’
estimate of the burden (hours and cost)
of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways we could enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents,
such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or conduct, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section
during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday
except for legal holidays. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address or other personally
identifiable information, be advised that
your entire comment—including your

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